The Rugby Thread

[arklowolf]

Amazing defending.

 

[Nando]

This is magnificent from Aus.

 

[Stan Hullis]

Awesome

 

[Dinowolf]

Yes well defended Australia "gritted teeth"

 

[Parkins left foot]

He should have recycled and it was a done deal. The getting up and going was the wrong call.

Possibly, but still the best defensive performance under real pressure that I have seen for some time

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

If they keep this defence then that is why Australia should be favourites to win the whole thing. What amazing work.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Three points in 31 minutes (and counting) this half but enthralling stuff.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Penalty Aus now so they will pull away more than one score. Amazing Wallaby performance. How good are they?

 

[Stan Hullis]

They'll win the whole thing

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Yes they will. I wouldn't mind a rematch of this for the final though.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

That should be ten minutes for Cuthbert. Idiotic.

 

[Nando]

Cuthbert's shite.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

He is. Weak link.

 

[Parkins left foot]

End of game for Wales - needed to score when they had the numbers advantage - Australia coming into form when they need to for a WC win

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Well. Wales lost and Australia deservedly won. But what a superb game. Brilliant. Well fucking done Australia. Looking at that though, I fancy us to beat the Boks.

 

[Bit on the shaggies]

Great game that. Watching Wales manage to not score against 13 Wallabies was breathtaking.

By my reckoning that makes it NH v SH in all the quarter finals... I wonder what the odds on all the SH teams getting through to the semis?

 

[arklowolf]

Well. Wales lost and Australia deservedly won. But what a superb game. Brilliant. Well $#@!ing done Australia. Looking at that though, I fancy us to beat the Boks.

Yep valiant effort by Wales, will definitely give boks a battle, should be another great game. I've got a few quid on the aussies to win it outright.

 

[Dinowolf]

Yes they will. I wouldn't mind a rematch of this for the final though.

I hope not.

To be honest Paddy I can see why you would say that, as a Welsh supporter. Each team wanted to win to take the easier route to the final so didn't want to make a mistake and therefore there were no tries, and a lot of physicality and intensity. An attritional game that was understandable in the circumstances, but I don't want to watch that again in the final.

TBH I found the Scotland game more exciting.

 

[jd1981]

Good game to watch as a neutral, Australia's defence was immense and they deserved there win. Thought Wales should have gone for three points at some point and in the end they ran out of ideas but a lot of credit has to go to Australia.
Real concern for Wales again is the scrum which may prove very costly against the springboks. I think Australia will make mince meat of Scotland.

 

[Bit on the shaggies]

And now for the deadest of dead rubbers...